Archive for August, 2008

A museum that doesn’t quit

August 25, 2008

I’m not sure where we were, probably somewhere in Idaho but maybe in Montana. We were greeted by this metal fellow with a big grin:

Howdy, tourists, one and all!
Howdy, tourists, one and all!

 While we’re here, we’re going to take a soundless trip through the grand display acres…

 Or maybe not. This is too much work.

Not sure if it’s for sale or just on display…

Equipment to start up the family farm again.

Here we go!

August 17, 2008
The bus is loaded--with us! "65 Alive" from Caldwell
The bus is loaded–with us!

The bus began rolling sharply at 8 a.m. Tuesday, August 12, with 45 men and women aboard and ready for whatever adventure was around the corner.

And here we are (don’t take this slide show seriously for sequence) floating on Lake McDowell in Glacier Park. The mountain everyone is looking at is supposed to be familiar to every American because it occupies a central place on the logo for Paramount Pictures. Or did for many years.

Don't try this stunt!
Don

This is the Catholic church in Helena where a pilot took a $100 bet and flew his plane between the two steeples, only to lose his pilot’s license and never fly again. By the way, he had three inches to spare.

I shared the above story with a dear relative of mine, who later informed me that this Helena story is a super huge hoax. Never happened. Never will. So much for believing the tour guide!

I probably won’t do more until I get home, but this is a start!
Joyce